Hundredths to ciianning j



No. 608,395. Patented Aug. 2, I898.

J. H. MOSS.

BURNER AND CHIMNEY HOLDER. (Application fllad Oct. 30, 1897.)

UNITED STATES PATENT Er ca,

JASPER H. MOSS, OF TOPEKA, KANSAS,'ASSIGNOR OF FORTY-NlNE ONE- HUNDREDTHS TO CHANNING J. BROWVN, OF SAME PLACE.

BURNER AND CHIMNEY-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 608,395, dated August 2, 1898.

Application filed October 30, 1897. Serial No. 656,915. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JASPER H. Moss, a citizen of the United States, residing at Topeka,

use the same.

This invention relates to gas or vapor burners for use in connection with incandescent and other lights or for heatingpurposes and also to chimney-holders associated with such burners.

One object of the invention is to provide for so sustaining the chimney laterally as to prevent its being shifted either when in place on the burner or When being put on or taken off, this branch of the invention having in view the protection of a mantle such as employed in incandescent lights of the Welsbach type, While at the same time providing for a distribution of heat around the chimney by the contact of connected metal parts therewith at various points, whereby danger of breakage due to unequal cooling is in great measure decreased.

Another object of the invention is to provide improved means in the burner for governing the draft or the feeding of air to the flame, whereby an intensified effect in combustion is produced, and at the same time provision is made for carrying off all products of combustion, so that no deposit of the same can take place in or around the burner or upon the inner Walls of a chimney associated therewith.

The invention also has in viewcertain details of construction contributing to strength and durability of the completed structure and insuring entire practicability of the same.

With the above objects in view the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts, as hereinafter fully described,and particularly poin t ed out in the appended claims.

The drawings which accompany and form part'of this specification illustrate one form of embodiment of the invention.

Of said drawings, Figure 1 represents a V61" tical cross -sectional view of a burner and chimney-holder having my improvements, together with a chimney in cross-section. Figs. 2 and 3 represent top plan views of the same, one with and the other without the chimney.

In the drawings the letter a designates the base-ring of the burner, which is provided with a series of perforations a for the admission of air, said ring being adapted to rest with its lower edge upon the support of the burner, which may be the body of a gas-generating apparatus such as'shown in my pending application, Serial No. ($55,004:, filed October 12, 1897. A plate a is applied over the top edge of the said ring and securely fastened thereto, said plate being centrally apertured and having a dome a erected upon it and around the central aperture, the top of this dome being perforated, as shown at o for the issuance of the vapor or gas which is ignited at and burns around and over the perforations;

The base-plate a is formed with a circular series of curved slots or openings a and correspondingly-curved deflectors a, springing from the sides ofthe openings and preferably formed by striking up portions of the material of the plate in the manner illustrated in the drawings. Itwlll be seen that the area of the openings can be varied by bending the deflectors toward or away from the plane of the plate. The object of these openings and deflectors is to produce a whirling motion of the induced'current or draft, as I have found that such a whirling motion is productive of very great advantages in a burner, both by reason of its causing a more general commingling of air with the gas or vapor, and hence a more complete combustion, and by reason of its preventing any deposit of the products of combustion.

In order to intensify the draft immediately around the dome a I provide an imperforate ring I), which surrounds the upper portion of the dome, withits upper edge in the plane of the crest of thesame, while its lower edge is elevated somewhat above the base-plate a being supported from the same by a suitable number of legs Z), appropriately fastened in the plate. It will be noted that the lower edge of the ring Z) comes directly over the middle line of the deflectors a and openings a with the object of causing said ring to divide the inflowing current of air, so that while the draft is intensified within the ring the air is also caused to whirl on the exterior of said ring between the same and the chimney c, which rests upon the baseplate a suitably spaced from the ring and burner to prevent its being impaired by the heat. No chimney of the diameter of the said ring could withstand the intense heat resulting from the contraction of the area around the flame. Of course when the burner is used for heating purposes the chimney is omitted.

The chimney-holder comprises a number of metallic standards (7, (three being here shown,) rising from the base-plate a and each securely fastened to the same and to the ring (I by means of a broadened base portion (1, shaped to lit into the corner formed by the intersection of the under side of the plate a and the inner wall of the ring a and having projections (Z which are entered through openings in said plate and ring and upset, so as to have the effect of rivets securely fastening the standards to the burner. Each standard at a comparatively short distance above the base of the burner has a curved spring-arm d" on its inner edge and adapted to bear against the chimney with a yielding pressure, and at its upper end the standard is curved inwardly, forming an arm (1, also adapted to press against the chimney, the outer edge of this arm (Z being inclined, as shown at d", and the standard being formed with a guard (1 spaced from said inclined edge, but curved inwardly at its upper end, so as to lie in close proximity to the arm d at this point, the latter being curved outwardly, as shown. An ad justable metal ring or band 0 is adapted to embrace all three of the standards and to be introduced between the arms (Z and guards (Z so as to bear against the inclined edges d of the former, acting to draw the standards together against the chimney.

It will be seen that the band and inclined edges provide for adjustment, so that the pressure of the standards against the chimney can be regulated at will, it being understood that the standards themselves are resilient.

It will be seen that by the above-described means the chimney is supported 011 all sides, so that it cannot be shifted laterally and endanger an incandescent mantle which may be suspended within it. Moreover, the points of contact between the chimney and the standards being distributed around the chimney and the standards being connected by the metallic ring provision is made for a distribution of heat, with the effect of lessening the danger of the chimney breaking from unequal contraction or expansion at different parts.

It is evident that the constructions here shown are susceptible of numerous variations within the scope and spirit of the invention, and hence I wish it understood that I do not confine myself to such constructions.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. In a gas or vapor burner, a horizontal base-plate having a circular series of air-inlet openings and inclined deflectors above said openings to direct the incoming currents of air obliquely and produce a whirling motion thereof, substantially as described.

2. A gas or vapor burner comprising a contrally-apertured horizontal base-plate with a circular series of openings and inclined deflectors above said openings, a dome rising from said plate around its central aperture and having a perforated top or cap, and an imperforate ring surrounding the dome with a space of limited area between it and the same, said ring being elevated from the baseplate and standing directly over the deflectors, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. In a burner, a chimney-holder comprising resilient standards rising from the burner and adapted to hear at their upperends against the chimney and having guards springing from their outer or back edges and extending upwardly along the same, their ends lying in close proximity thereto but being separated therefrom; and an encircling band confined by said guards and removable over the ends of the standards.

4. In a burner, a chimney-holder comprisin g resilient standards rising from the base of the burner, curved resilient arms on the inner edges of said-standards and adapted to bear against the lower part of the chimney, said standards also adapted to bear at their upper ends against the latter, and a band encircling the standards at their upper ends, substantially as and for the purpose described.

5. In a burner, the combination with a base comprising a ring and a plate; of a chimneyholder comprising standards extending up ward through the said plate and having onlarged lower ends fitting the corners formed by the intersection of the plate and ring and provided with projections passing through and upset upon the latter.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JASPER ll. MOSS.

Witnesses:

CHARLES E. RIonDoN, JNo. JAY CURTIS. 

